What Causes Blood In Urine After Taking Zoloft?

Posted on Sat, 20 Jun 2015

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Question : I am on Zoloft, I woke up this morning with a strong urge to urinate, I went and the urine looked to have some blood in it

Answered by Dr. Shafi Ullah Khan (27 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
UTI / Stone likely cause of hematuria

Detailed Answer:
Thank you for asking

I read your question and i understand your concern. Zoloft / Sertraline is an SSRI antidepressant and is not even remotely correlated with this blood in urine ( hematuria ) episode.

It needs to be evaluated. A good start will be a urine routine exam. Thinking common brings UTI as first thing in mind followed by bladder infections and kidney stones. A urine exam with abdominal and pelvic sonograms will clear the differentials.

Talk to your PCP and let them have a look into this matter. Till then keep an eye on your urine and see if it recurs and drink plenty of fluids .

I hope it helps. Take good care of yourself and dont forget to close the discussion please.

Regards
Khan

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar